Carl Reiner
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Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020) was an American actor, stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, and author. During the early years of television comedy from 1950 to 1957, he acted on and contributed sketch material for Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour, starring Sid Caesar, writing alongside Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Woody Allen. Reiner teamed up with Brooks and together they released several iconic comedy albums beginning with 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1960). Reiner was best known as the creator and producer of, and a writer and actor on, The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1965). Reiner formed a comedy duo with Brooks in "The 2000 Year Old Man" and acted in such films as It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), and the Ocean's film series (2001–2007). He co-wrote and directed some of Steve Martin's first and most successful films, including The Jerk (1979), and also directed such comedies as Where's Poppa? (1970), Oh, God! (1977), and All of Me (1984). Reiner appeared in dozens of television specials from 1967 to 2000, and was a guest star on television series from the 1950s until his death. He also voiced characters in animated films and television series, including the TV series Father of the Pride (2004–2005), in which he voiced Sarmoti, and was a reader for books on tape. He wrote more than two dozen books, mostly in his later years. He was the recipient of many awards and honors, including 11 Emmy Awards, one Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Reiner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read full biography
TV Shows
58 Tracked Shows
Other Credits
The History of Comedy (2017), Norm Macdonald Live (2013), Inside Comedy (2012), The Jewish Americans (2008), The Penguins of Madagascar (2008), Shatner's Raw Nerve (2008), Talkshow with Spike Feresten (2006), Beggars and Choosers (1999), Turn Ben Stein On (1999), The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999), The Martin Short Show (1999), Bravo Profiles (1998), Ally McBeal (1997), The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996), Star Search (1995), The Larry Sanders Show (1992), Larry King Live (1985), Twilight Theater (1982), America 2-Night (1978), Donny & Marie (1976), Good Heavens (1976), Van Dyke and Company (1975), Medical Story (1975), The Julie Andrews Hour (1972), The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971), The Movie Game (US) (1969), Good Morning World (1967), The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967), Linus the Lionhearted (1964), The Hollywood Palace (1964), The Celebrity Game (1964), The Art Linkletter Show (1963), The Jerry Lewis Show (1963), The Judy Garland Show (1963), The New Steve Allen Show (1961), The Comedy Spot (1960), The Grammys (1959), To Tell the Truth (1956), The Perry Como Show (1956), The George Gobel Show (1954), The Wonderful World of Disney (1954), The Campbell Playhouse (1952), The Name's the Same (1951), Your Show of Shows (1950), The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950), What's My Line? (1950), Cavalcade of Stars (1949)